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Narrative
Bibliotherapy

Where readers become co-authors

“Waiting for a world to be unearthed by language, somebody is singing the place where silence is formed.”

Alejandra Pizarnik

Narrative Bibliotherapy

Take a Session

Step into a space where collaborative literary exploration becomes profound self-reflection.

Engage in transformative conversations which honour your journey and aspirations. Each session is an invitation to connect with your sense of agency and to re-author your own story in line with your values.

Individual Bibliotherapy

I offer you support and guidance to address what might be causing you emotional pain.

Group Bibliotherapy

A space for connection and collaborative meaning-making, where all voices are heard.

Mentoring and Supervision

Open to mental health practitioners, health professionals, teachers, social workers, community support workers, or any professionals using Literature, Narrative and/or Bibliotherapy in their work.

Watch this video to know more about what happens in my sessions!

Narrative Bibliotherapy delivers the benefits of Narrative Therapy using poems and stories.

Bibliotherapists use literature to support and promote mental health and emotional wellbeing. As a creative arts therapy, bibliotherapy helps individuals and communities to build and strengthen self-awareness, a sense of agency, connection and social cohesion.

Developed by Michael White and David Epston in the 1980’s, Narrative Therapy is the postmodern, social constructionist psychotherapeutic practice whose principles, ethics and techniques constitute the therapeutic core of my practice.

In my article ‘Bibliotherapy as Narrative Practice’ I explain this intersection in more detail.

My Story

I bring together mental health, literature and cultural criticism to support self-awareness, and promote wellbeing and connection using literary texts.

Supported and informed by extensive teaching and research experience at the University of Manchester and other institutions in the UK and abroad, I began to develop my bibliotherapeutic practice in 2011. I maintain a research profile, work with individuals, facilitate groups, deliver training, and offer mentoring, supervision and consultancy.

I hold an MA in English Literature, Culture & Modernity (London) and a PhD in Latin American Cultural Studies (Manchester). I undertook training and supervision in Narrative Therapy at The Institute of Narrative Therapy (UK), to which I am accredited. 

I have lived in the UK for three decades, but I am from Argentina, where a part of my heart will always live.

Bibliotherapy Highlights

Watch these videos and listen to these podcasts to know more about my work with Literature and Mental Health; and to find out how to train with me.

Individual Bibliotherapy

I will ask you to read a poem or a story or, if appropriate, we will read together in-session. This will enable a conversation that might otherwise feel difficult.

I hold a space where it is safe for you to speak. I listen with curiosity and awe, making no judgement. Together we explore your hopes are what you give value to.

I offer you support and guidance as you re-author your narrative so that it fits with what is important to you.

You are not the problem. The problem is the problem. And the solution is collaborative.

Session: 1 hour
£65

Group Bibliotherapy

Listening to each other mindfully, with curiosity and awe, each reader shares their own personal experience of one same story or poem, borne out of the encounter between the text and each individual context and unique personal narratives.

A range of perspectives converge to produce a rich tapestry of meaningful reflections. As we identify and deconstruct dominant and emergent ideas, it is entirely up to you whether you want to reaffirm, interrogate or contest them. You decide how deep you go and how much you say.

Group sessions are regularly announced via my newsletter and social media posts. Make sure you’re subscribed to be kept in the loop!

Tailor made sessions for organisations available upon request.

Session: 90 minutes

Individual participant: £18

Organisations: £185

(max. 12 participants)

Mentoring and Supervision

I offer guidance and expertise as well as practical and emotional support. I create a space for reflection while making sure that your practice is ethical and safe for both the people who consult you, and for yourself.

Sessions are normally once a month.

Individual professional:
90 minutes
£75

Individual Student:
1 hour
£45

Groups:
90 minutes
Professional: £45
Student: £25
(max. 4 participants)